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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 28, 1930
Page
4
A dense OCR text lists numerous tobacco brands and products with varied packaging, weights, and prices. Items include CAPSTAN, CHAMPION, HAVELOCK, LOG CABIN, and SUNLIGHT among tin, box, and packet formats, with prices ranging from 1d to 2s 6d, indicating a broad Melbourne market catalogue.
The report notes continuation of play in clear weather. Batsmen such as Heston and Craddock contributed notable scores while others struggled. Final tally appears around 8 60 with several players named in the period style summary.
The fragmentary report lists players and innings with unclear team names and outcomes. Several batsmen are named such as Belt, Curtain, Stevens, Halliday, and MeKenzie. Score details and jury of outs are garbled, with references to overs or innings and several mis-spelled locations and names.
Sunshine batted 49 in first innings and chased for victory after a 6 hole score. North Fitzroy totaled 1 innings 4&8 with bowlers N Dodson and L Anderson taking multiple wickets. Final line shows Sunshine winning by 65 runs amid scattered player names and score notes.
The readable lines show a first innings with F Nuss and Mier among batsmen and bowling by Haxby and Jefferies, totaling 85. The old innings lists Guy 34 and Pearce out, with Day and Beachley among others. Second innings for St Marks lists Guy, Dunkle, Jefferies, Haxby, James, Polson, Rey.
A foggy cricket match report highlights Haxby and Marks contributing solidly for St Marks while Are and Saints players deliver steady overs. Young bowled tightly for ARE as the pace of the game shifts and late scoring proves costly for the opposition.
Fragmentary report shows Harvester A clashing with Mit Lyell in Vandoe amid a notable clash. Details unclear but mentions Lyell aiding Fab Liesen Tefia 20 inl.
Fragmentary notes show Harvester B vs Crittall's with players and scores partially recorded. Names such as Hayes McCarney Joy Anstey Whight and a few numbers appear, but details and outcomes remain unclear due to damaged text.
Community leaders warn that public playgrounds are targets for unruly acts as residents seek safer spaces. Dr Lawes notes lost signage while officials discuss moving programs to evenings and police attendance to enforce local rules. Secretary May Hargreaves says Local Minent Act grants police support to curb disturbances.
The Milroof Defence reply states France does not charge trench rent to Australia. The note notes farmers in country towns use motor cars for deputations while horses are scarce. It cites local wheat consumption at nine million bushels annually and a proposal by Mr Prendergast to aid farm harvest financing.
The engineer told the Braybrook Council last Monday he favors laying 650 feet of Devonshire Road with cement penetration and the rest with bitumen. Adjustments considered extend the plan toward Cornwall Road. Cost estimated at £100 with a mix of permanent and day labor to spread work and curb casual labor.
In Footscray court on Thursday last week Lewis Ashak of Albion faced charges of possessing an unregistered pistol. Police found a revolver under a bed pillow. Ashak claimed the bed was not his and the weapon belonged to a man who stayed two months earlier. The jury accepted Ashak's explanation and he was discharged.
Sunshine pupils of Mr Reginald Jones and Miss Muriel Davies presented Vanity Revue at the Town Hall Tuesday evening. The hall was packed and the children’s dancing singing sketches and comedy impressed the audience, showcasing the teachers’ skill.
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